孤零零

Mandarin · pinyin gū líng líng

Meanings

  1. lone
  2. isolated and without help
  3. all alone
  4. solitary
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孤
gū · orphan, fatherless; solitary
零
líng · zero; fragment, fraction
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adj

  1. (ideophonic, of a person, an object, etc.) solitary; lonely; lone; by oneself

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